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Burnout 3: Takedown leans Execution (Pure Mechanics); Forza Motorsport leans Execution (Practiced Mastery).

EXECUTION8 /10READS2 /10VARIANCE2 /10OPTIMIZATION5 /10
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Axis by axis

Execution8 vs 8

Even - both lean on execution about the same.

Reads2 vs 2

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance2 vs 1

Burnout 3: Takedown leans harder on variance: Traffic and crash chaos inject randomness

Optimization5 vs 6

Forza Motorsport leans harder on optimization: Setup tuning and tire/fuel strategy are deeply solvable

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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